High Hopes for Tomorrows Procedure

In the dark hours of the morning, Eva and I will be going to St. V's. As mentioned earlier, her left leg is about an inch shorter than her right.  This is caused by the hip dysplacia which was found previously in July, 2011.  We had initially met with our orthopedic last month while on our hospital staycation.  After discussing her improvements after being in that dreadful cast for 14 weeks, he stated that he needed to further examine her hip.  Therefore, tomorrow we are going for an MRI.  This is an anesthetic procedure.  So again tomorrow morning, I will wake her up about five minutes before we have to leave and deprive her of any food or drink.  It should start around nine and I am only hoping that we will be home by one.  The orthopedic had mentioned that there will be three possible solutions for her.  One is the most simple - for now - to get an inch lift for her shoe.  I could not imagine how much adult shoes will be if this path is taken, especially if she has my feet.  The second is to place her in a sling that will be mobile and basically letting gravity do the work.   This may or may not work.  The third and most "slim chance" is if the hip and femur has not healed correctly.  If this is the case, she will be placed back into a cast for an undetermined amount of time.  The thought of option three just makes me cringe.  Just looking again at that picture gives me the creeps.  You know we are just so lucky that she is such a happy and content baby.  I am so thankful that she is still young and hopefully won't remember any of this.